Posted on 05/02/2009 9:36:43 PM PDT by Salvation
Virtues Discussion Ping.
**Prudence, the “mother” of all of the virtues, is the virtue by which a person recognizes his moral duty and the good means to accomplish it. Actually, prudence is part of the definition of goodness.**
Has our country forgotten virtue altogether?
Cardinal Virtues: Obama and the Real American Infrastructure – Part One
Cardinal Virtues: Obama and the Real American Infrastructure — Part Two
Morality is Habit-Forming: The Cardinal Virtues
The Cross Exemplifies Every Virtue [St. Thomas Aquinas]
Living the Virtue of Humility
moral relativism - all moral viewpoints equally valid and acceptable.
In my opinion, all virtues, even faith, hope and charity touch morality in some way or another.
Thanks for the ping!
Don’t think you know where I was coming from but think about it for a bit.
Are you talking about the detioration of morality so that everything under the sun (and in darkness) is accepted in the U. S.?
(That was only a little thought — LOL!)
I was answering your question in post 2. It’s the reason why we are where we are in this country now.
Well, I finally understood where you were going with that. Yep, if our government had the prudence and good jedgment that our Founding Fathers had, we would not be in the mess we are in today with Obortion Obama as president.
Plus — I think of the military and almost cry over what is happening there. God help us.
great post. Thanks!!
Virtue?
You are SOOOOOO Intolerant!!
You should respect diversity (i.e., you should embrace narcissism)
YOU HATER!!!!
/sarc
It seems since the election that even you Roman Catholics have become absorbed by secular politics in religious or theological discussions. Half of my family is Roman Catholic; the older generation quite good Catholics too. They are, however, consumed with a desire to see to it that a Roman Catholic “voice” be heard in the “public square” and they have succeeded to an extent. In the meantime, they didn’t notice that their children and now grandchildren fell away from The Church. Worrying about transitory things can be soul destroying. Nothing transitory belongs to us, S.
“Worldly thoughts and the cares of life have the same effect on the understanding as a veil draped over the eyes, for the understanding is the eye of the soul. So long as we leave them there, we cannot see. But when they fall away as we remember that we are to die, then we shall clearly see the true light which illumines every man as it comes into the world from on high.” +Symeon the New Theologian
This article took me back to my days of teaching and a unit that I did on “Virtue and the Formation of Conscience”.
I promise that I did a great job teaching the unit, but these are the responses that I got back on the quiz of my then 7th graders.
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What are some important virtues to acquire and why?
Hope, faith and charity are some good virtues that we should “require”.
- Jenn
Fortitude, kindness, peace, love are good virtues to acquire. They are good
because they make us become the good person I am.
- Austin
Patience, because you can tell people about God without getting frustrated.
- Brennan
One is humility, because no one is perfect and you have to know that.
- Kevin
One important virtue to acquire is patience because we need to wait a lot in
life and another virtue is fortitude so we won’t give up.
- Brendan
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What negative effects can some of today’s TV shows, movies and music have on
a conscience formation?
They say bad words and show bad images that go into our brain.
- Elizabeth
Some negative affects would be cursing, shooting and killing.
-Jenn
Some negative effects of TV shows, movies and music are that they could have
bad words and could lead that person to using them. Another is that TV just
has powerful rays that can harm the eyes.
- Joseph
Todays TV programs can have negative effects on conscience growth because
some shows today have harsh language and make bad themes look cool. Movies
have the same problem. Music today can have harsh words and talk about
things best left unsaid. Such things can give us a bad conscience.
- Austin
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What can we do to form a good conscience?
Practice doing good things and pick good idles.
- Sean
This is fantastic. Are you still teaching a class?
How about doing an adult class?
“This is fantastic. Are you still teaching a class?”
This was from when I was teaching in a pretty traditional Catholic school, unfortunately that was 3 years ago. I cobbled this lesson together from the Baltimore Catechism.
I still teach, but only in CCD, which is very different. One hour and 15 minutes a week, with an class that is mostly “unchurched”.
I’ve gone from planting seeds to just making sure that the soil doesn’t get paved over.
“How about doing an adult class?”
I’ve got other fish to fry in our parish. I’m better with the kids and I work on the Church newsletter. We are fortunate to have very gifted leaders and a robust environment for adult education in my parish.
Thought you all would get a chuckle out of my post on #14.
My old 7th grade class.
I lived to tell.
I saw some of my old students this Sunday at Mass, maybe not the brightest lights “back in the day”, but they are an excellent crop of young people today. Great parish. Excellent Catholic families.
The fate of the nation has me at starts and fits. The future of our Church is in wonderful hands!
LOL! Thanks for sharing this. I really liked Brennan’s and Kevin’s replies ;) but all were good.
“The fate of the nation has me at starts and fits. The future of our Church is in wonderful hands!”
Yep. Same here!
great article, thanks for posting.
It’s always amazing when I post these older links. Thanks.
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